Science Safari 2014

Edu Mithra Science Safari

Simply scientific!

Let the magical world of science make your eyes open wider, thoughts brighter, minds sharper and learning more enjoyable! It’s all about science, fun and you!

Come and join us for the best ever vacation with fun, great experiences and new ways of learning!

Edu Mithra offers a one of a kind vacation camp for classes 5-10 so conceived for students with a dedicated vision of making students love science and change their approach on to studies with a well-formulated package consisting of Space Science, Vedic Mathematics, fun filled activities in Science subjects with hands on experiments, innovative learning through drama, memory and personality development workshops and interactive sessions, all handled by eminent and efficient personalities of the related field, in a new and innovative form: fun + science = Science Safari!

What Science Safari offers is not conventional ‘classroom’ where textbooks rules, instead it’s a kingom of knowledge where children would not be just taught something but will make them know what to learn, how to learn and why to learn!

So why wait?

Come ,join us in the voyage of fun, knowledge and never before experiences!!

Camp Dates: 10, 11 & 12 of April, 2015

Edu Mithra Science Safari: All at a Glance

Edu Mithra Science Safari is a perfect blend of learning techniques along with vacation fun. It breaks all orthodox study camp concepts replacing them with a brand new way of serving knowledge with fun.

Dates & Timings:

Science Safari is three day long residential camp on 10th, 11th, and 12th of April 2015. the camp covers three days and two nights, all at the camp venue.

Science Safari is meant for two categories of children: category 1 (Classes 5-7) and Category 2 (Classes 8-10). The sessions and workshops are formulated to suite their ages and it will teach them to learn more progressively and effectively.

Science Safari:Highlights

Day 1

Fun with Math

Is mathematics a nightmare for your child?Are you worried about their poor performing Maths exams?

It’s time to put an end to all these worries and take them to the amazing world of Maths where they will fall in love with mathematics.Vedic Mathematics, a boon to the world in this era where numerical skills are deteriorating in people with the advent of modern technologies and the use of these in the early age. The session helps to eradicate the fear of Mathematics and instils confidence in the students. The calculation speed and arithmetic skills are also improved as it sharpens the thoughts. It is an aid to crack scholarships and entrance exams easily. Vedic mathematics finds it’s applications everywhere in every stages of problem solving involving mathematics:-from multiplication to finding cubes, squares, from solving simple equations to the solutions of complex algebraic equations, with easy mental calculations that takes only seconds to complete! gradually transforming the practitioner to an ardent lover of the subject.

Session By : Mr Paul Maliakkal ( Renowned Mathematics teacher with wide exposure to IGCSE, IB, CBSE and ICSE curricula. He was associated with the prestigious schools like Bombay Cambridge School, Mumbai, India, Shantiniketan Indian School, Doha Qatar, Al Noor International School, Bahrain with fellowship centre of the University of Cambridge and with Trivandrum International School, Trivandrum, Kerala as Senior Faculty Member

He has worked as the Vice Principal, CIE Examination Coordinator and as the Deputy Head (IGCSE). He escorted the select students as their guide teacher to Germany in September2009 as a part of the STUDENTS`EXCHANGE Programme.

Mr. Paul is also the Recipient of awards for designing the best Teaching Aid in the Mathematics Exhibition conducted by the Department of Education (1994) and has won the IB Learner Profile Award from Trivandrum International School (2012).Highly proficient in computer oriented e-teaching programmes, he has developed the Mathematics software e-math which was selected as the finalist in the UAE Educational IT Challenge 2007)

Sky Watch and Telescope Making

The session is well designed to make your child’s eyes go wider with activities including telescope making workshop and sky watch. The sky watch session will take your child closer to the heavenly bodies with highly advanced astronomical instruments including high power reflector telescopes.

Learn through DRAMA!!!

The session will work on the confidence level and public speaking skills of the children to make them feel better about themselves through short skits and dramas which will be a never before experience to the children.

Camp Fire

Fill your heart with memories, Open your mind for new experiences!

Spend the night at our camp with your friends and experience the adventure of camp fire and the magic of the night sky. Make a Sky Lantern and let it fly high with your dreams. Have fun with music, dance and games!.

Day 3

Memory and Personality Development Techniques

Want your brain to memorize more? Want to get noticed by others?

Enrich your personality with great qualities and skills to be a better YOU!

Learn new techniques like mnemonics to improve your recalling capacity and memorizing power which will help you remember things easily.

The workshop will introduce the campers with new and highly efficient memory improvement techniques and personality betterment tips that will equip them to achieve higher in life.

Game to Gain

Game to Gain is all about making life simpler, taking you out of the hell of worries, tensions and anything and everything that pull you back from achieving higher.

We believe it’s the way we approach life that makes it complex or simple. Game to Gain makes your life simpler; helps you think out of the box. Game to Gain is designed over a platform of 150+ games and activities so organized to benefit all the age groups from students to professionals. The sessions will be a perfect blend of such activities and games in a well-organized manner to refresh the participants with a higher energy to accelerate towards a life which is more vibrant, colorful & promising. You just can’t imagine how your life would change with Game to Gain. It gives you a new beginning for life, strengthening you to face the challenges head on!

Why we need Free and Open Source software

The session talks about the importance of Free and OpenSource software on student community. Major educational institutions as well as industrial organizations are choosing FOSS technologies due to the freedom it gives.

What science safari gives…

Rare chance of experiencing the experiments that they have only seen/read in text books

A better understanding of what it means to be a scientist, what the work is like, what equipment scientists use, and the many possibilities that exist for a career in science.

The positive experiences associated with Science Safari that emphasize personal skill development that everyone needs, including the ability to make decisions, self-confidence, personal communication, and the development of a richer more valuable profile.

Greater understanding of science and how to learn it.

New friends and new memories they will remember and value throughout their lives.

A little About The Venue ..

Looking over the life giving waters of the Chalakkudy River, Moozhikkulam sala is situated in Moozhikkulam, a village of great historical background for its educational centers, in Ernakulam District of Kerala. It has a premise of 2.40 acres of area which consists of 22 Nalukkettus, traditional Kerala style homes. The remarkable feature of these buildings is their eco-friendliness. The Jaiva campus is well protected and its our previllage tohave Moozhikkulam Shala as our venue for Science Safari.

The location near the Chalakkudi River and the calm and beautiful atmosphere makes a perfect platform for learning and vacation leisures!